The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.

Well, I can’t help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when I think of the wonderful soul that is hidden away in that little ivory body, I am filled with awe." "You can dine with me to-night, Dorian, can’t you?" He shook his head. "To night she is Imogen," he answered, "and tomorrow night she will be Juliet." "When is she Sibyl Vane?" "Never." "I congratulate you.

It is only fair to state, with regard to modern journalists, that they always apologize to one in private for what they have written against one in public.

One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.

Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.

A man's life is of more value than a woman's. It has larger issues, wider scope, greater ambitions. Our lives revolve in curves of emotions. It is upon lines of intellect that a man's life progresses. I have just learnt this, and much else with it, from Lord Goring. And I will not spoil your life for you, nor see you spoil it as a sacrifice to me, a useless sacrifice.

Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world.